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The idea (inspired by a sketch in an earlier show, Twice a Fortnight) was to replay history as if television had been around at the time. [2] Sketches included interviews with the vital characters in the dressing-room after the Battle of Hastings, Samuel Pepys presenting a television chat-show and an estate agent trying to sell Stonehenge to a young couple looking for their first home ("It's ...
A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000. A study of the history of the British Isles, each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. All the programmes are of 59 minutes ...
The episode begins with Captain James Cook coming across the shores of New South Wales but takes a contrasting turn and lands the viewer straight in the middle of the Industrial Revolution. The episode also portrays how these advancements caused devastation when it explores one of the bloodiest conflicts in history, The Crimean War. [11]
Mark Felton (born 1974) is an English author, historian and YouTuber.Felton has written over a dozen non-fiction books. He runs several channels on YouTube covering different historical subjects of the 20th and 21st century, mainly related to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
The Edwardian Country House at Manderston, 2002 (6 episodes). Treats From The Edwardian Country House, 2002 (6 episodes). Regency House Party, at Kentchurch Court, 2004 (8 episodes). Coal House, at Stack Square in the Welsh hills of Blaenavon, 2009 (12 episodes) – a 1920s Welsh mining community, including a 1944 wartime special.
It recounts, in 216 episodes each 15 minutes long (46 hours total), the history of Britain from the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria, the 20th century and the British Empire. The series was read by Anna Massey and included extracts from the book A History of the English-Speaking Peoples written by Sir Winston Churchill , interwoven into ...
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain is a 2007 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British history from the end of the Second World War onwards. The series was highly praised and resulted in a follow-up series covering the period 1900 to 1945, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain. A book ...
18 December 2017: 2.91 ... Keeping Britain Going was a mini-series of episodes between Series 5 and Series 6, [20] ... 22 December 2021: TBA